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River Hill High School

12101 Route 108, Clarksville, MD, 21029-9000

Tel: (410)313-7120

Grades: 9-12 | 1,395 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

River Hill High School serves 1,395 students in grades 9-12.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 14:1 is higher than the MD state average of 13:1.
The school's 90% graduation rate is high than the MD state average of 85%.
Minority enrollment is 40% of the student body.
River Hill High School is the only public high school within Clarksville, and operates within the Howard County Public s School District.

The nearest elementary school is Clarksville Elementary School (0.1 miles away), the nearest middle school is Clarksville Middle School (1.8 miles away), and the nearest high school is Homewood School (2.4 miles away).

Source: 2011 NCES data, MD Dept. of Educ.	River Hill High School
Awards	Blue Ribbon School (2007)
Grades Offered	Grades 9-12
Total Students	1,395 students

% Male / % Female	49% / 51%
Total Classroom Teachers	98 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(MD) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	14:1	13:1

	This School	(MD) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	23%	6%

% Hispanic	5%	11%

% Black	7%	37%

% White	60%	43%

Unknown	5%	3%


	This School	(MD) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	3%	33%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	1%	7%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Howard County Public s School District
	This School's Agency	(MD) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	73	28
Number of Students Managed	49,905 students	16,752 students

District Total Revenue	$835,108,000	$244,248,000

District Expenditure	$816,452,000	$238,340,000

District Revenue / Student	$16,734	$14,580

District Expenditure / Student	$16,360	$14,228

District Graduation Rates	90%	85%

Nearby Schools:

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River Hill High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0 mi. away

Clarksville Elementary School
Grades: KG-5 | 0.1 mi. away

Clarksville Middle School
Grades: 6-8 | 1.8 mi. away

Pointers Run Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 1.9 mi. away

Swansfield Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 2.3 mi. away

Harpers Choice Middle School
Grades: 6-8 | 2.4 mi. away

View all schools in: Clarksville, Howard County, Zip 21029

Related School News:

For River Hill High sophomore, volunteering is a way of life - Baltimore Sun (blog)
posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:15:46 am
For River Hill High sophomore, volunteering is a way of lifeBaltimore Sun (blog)Athena Kan, a sophomore at River Hill High School, did not have to look very far to learn ...
Pickup driver indicted in fatal November crash
posted on January 29, 2010 at 10:29:27 pm
The driver of a pickup truck that flipped last year, killing a River Hill high school football player, was indicted Thursday by a Howard County grand jury. David Daniel Erdmann, 22, of the 4300 block ...
Service for crash victim draws 1,500
posted on December 4, 2009 at 08:39:06 am
Football teammates among the mourners for 'a fun-loving' youth Steven Dankos' life revolved around his family, his friends and, for the past three years, the River Hill High School football ...

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